The Leptopsyllid Fleas (Siphonaptera: Leptopsyllidae) of South Africa

Compiled by Joyce Segerman

Department of Medical Entomology, South African Institute for Medical Research, Johannesburg, 2001 South Africa

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Family: LEPTOPSYLLIDAE

Subfamily: LEPTOPSYLLINAE

1. Genus: LEPTOPSYLLA Jordan & Rothschild
   1. L. segnis (Schönherr)

      Pulex segnis Schönherr 1811: 98.

      = Pulex musculi Dugès 1832: 160.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Province; hosted by Rattus rattus , Mus musculus and Graphiurus ocularis .

      
      
   2. L. aethiopica thalia DeMeillon

      Leptopsylla thalia DeMeillon 1949: 241.
      ?Lesotho, Northern Province, to Zimbabwe; hosted by Aethomys chrysophilus .